Unisex name · since 1996
Opeyemi
Opeyemi has 30 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Opeyemi since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Opeyemi has 30 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2010.
- #41,038 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Opeyemi ranks #41,038 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Opeyemi's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Opeyemi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Opeyemi splits its recorded history at 2004: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Opeyemi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2010
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Opeyemi popularity over time - boys
19 total births recorded since 2000 (Opeyemi as boys' name)
Opeyemi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Opeyemi's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Opeyemi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Opeyemi's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Opeyemi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Opeyemi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.